"Centripetal Forces: Reconciling cosmopolitan lives and local loyalty in a Malian transnational social field," In West African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century, edited by Olufemi Vaughan and Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome, Palgrave McMillan (2012)

Fieldwork

Fulbright-funded field research in Bamako, Mali on marriage and polygyny, August 2011 - June 2012

Postdoctoral field research in southern Nigeria on women’s experiences of infertility, June – August 2007

Dissertation field research in Bamako, Mali and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo on transnational migration between West Africa and the Congo Basin, January 2005 – January 2006﻿

Pre-dissertation research in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on West African immigrant communities in the Congo Basin, July – August 2003​

Field research in Koulikoro region of Mali on household organization and social cohesion in a migrant-sending community, May – August 2002